Our cars benefit from increasingly more technologies, in most cases this brings us an additional comfort of use. Having said that, technology has its positive aspects, but also has some down sides, with it, we find out bugs appearing! One of them is the Start and Stop feature, which is made to help you save fuel and preserve the planet. You may encounter complications and want to turn off the start stop technology on Porsche 911 . But how do I do that? In this article we will help you understand how this system works, how to disable start and stop on xxx, and what are the repeated complications you may encountered with this option.

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How does the Start Stop on Porsche 911 work?

Start Stop technology operation

Start Stop is a recent technology that began to be incorporated into modern vehicles about ten years ago. This technology aims to limit the fuel consumption of your Porsche 911 and to preserve the environment by limiting CO2 emissions. Its convenience is specifically relevant in an urban environment. Indeed, cars can be made to spend up to 35% of their time at a standstill during urban journeys. The promise of start and stop on your vehicle is to save you between 5% and 15% in fuel consumption. Nevertheless, on long trips or secondary roads, its usefulness is limited. How it works:

  • A reinforced starter or a last generation alternator with included starter
  • When you shift into neutral and release the clutch pedal, the engine unit will shut off.
  • When you shift into gear, the car will automatically restart.

On some improved variants, your Porsche 911 will even be able to shut down although you are not stopped (up to 20km/h on some start and stop).

Start Stop Porsche 911: Advantages and down sides

Nevertheless this system has significant positive aspects in terms of environmental conservation and fuel economy, there are on the other hand some down sides to having a start and stop on Porsche 911 .

  • Benefits:
  • You will make fuel and CO2 emission savings if you have a specifically urban use of your Porsche 911. You will too. Furthermore, you will be able to benefit from the purchase of a vehicle with a more interesting bonus/malus, permitting you to to buy a cheaper car . At last, you will benefit from an additional comfort because your engine unit will be stopped when you pass red lights or stops.

  • Disadvantages
  • It’s not interesting for you to have this system if you drive on secondary roads . This system is actually quite expensive to buy (between 500 and 1500€) . At last, the first generations of start stop technology can go through a premature wear of the starter and the battery of your Porsche 911. you will have to buy or change your battery more quite often,

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How to turn off Start Stop technology on Porsche 911?

Now let’s move on to the part you’re probably most keen on, how to turn off, disconnect or take out the start stop on your Porsche 911? .
Based on how you use your car, you may need to turn off this system, which can be frustrating or you may feel that your starter is encountering premature wear, or you may have had to purchase a new AGM or EFB battery on your Porsche 911 . All these are valid causes to disable your start and stop system.
On this website are the two main techniques for disabling the start and stop on Porsche 911:

  • The traditional approach: Know, if you don’t already know it, that there is a start and stop disable button on your center console (depending on the year of your car you may have a button labeled “ECO”, “Start and Stop” or “S&S”) that you can use to disconnect your start and stop on every begin. Nevertheless, this approach necessitates you to redo the treatment every time you start the car.
  • It is possible that the start and stop of your Porsche 911 is switched off entirely: It is possible that the start and stop of your Porsche 911 is switched on unintentionally, or that it does not correspond to the use you have of your car. In such a case, you can disconnect it by two different ways. You can create a bridge at the rear of the activation button of your start and stop . At last, second approach you can disconnect the battery charge indicator cable that is on the terminals of your battery, which will produce your Porsche 911 presume that the battery is tired and will deactivate the start and stop to protect your autonomy.

Start Stop Technology complications Porsche 911

Concerning the different complications you might encountered with the start and stop of your Porsche 911 . It is possible that this is activated in an unforeseen method , for example you are doing a manoeuvre and you don’t have time to change to reverse gear and the car stops. It is possible that this problem is associated with the series of your Porsche 911. Try to completely deactivate your Start and Stop as discovered in the previous section to avoid this issue or go to your mechanic to find out if there is a specific solution. Another problem encountered by Porsche 911 owners is that you may experience premature wear of your battery or starter motor. These specific parts for start and stop are expensive, and if you have already checked out the battery prices for xxx or those of the starters you must have realized that they are much more expensive than classic batteries, do not hesitate to deactivate this system to avoid this kind of issue. Finally, it might be that your start and stop on Porsche 911 does not work anymore , in such a case, go to your motor mechanic to solve this issue.

To find more tips on the Porsche 911, take a look at the Porsche 911 category.